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Sizing up the 'synthetic cell'
"Scynthia" (Science)
Nature asked eight experts about the implications of the J. Craig Venter Institute's latest creation.
A synthesized genome has been assembled, modified and implanted into a DNA-free bacterial shell to make a self-replicating Mycoplasma mycoides bacterium1. Here, Nature presents short extracts from eight comment pieces on what this achievement means for biotechnology, evolutionary biology, regulation and philosophy.
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